Here's the progress
made aluminum plates here. 3/8" on the rear and 1/4" on the rest.
epoxied and filled the plates in.
covered with sticky back plastic and filled with foam.
so I have solid glass with a plate of aluminum imbedded, I will drill and tap the screw holes for machine screws later. No wood I used foam to fill the void. I did put a piece of okoume plywood where the bow cleat is. I can get to that thru the anchor locker for backing plates.
2 layers of chopped glass and should be ready for the final sand
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